Abstract: A combined head up display and instrument cluster arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a substantially planar liquid crystal display having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A first area of the liquid crystal display is viewable as an instrument cluster display by a human viewer who is disposed closer to the first side than to the second side. A backlight is disposed closer to the first side than to the second side. The backlight is aligned with a second area of the liquid crystal display such that a light field is emitted by the backlight through the second area. Head up display optics are positioned to receive the light field.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 18, 2017
Date of Patent:
November 19, 2019
Assignee:
Pananasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America